When the Day Breaks explained

When the Day Breaks
Director:	Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis
Producer:	David Verrall & Barrie Angus McLean
Music:	Judith Gruber-Stitzwer
Distributor:	National Film Board of Canada
Runtime:	9 min.
Country:	Canada

When the Day Breaks is a Canadian animated short co-directed by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis^{[1] [2]} and featuring the voice of Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright singing the titular song.

Summary

After witnessing an accidental death of a humanoid rooster, Ruby, a humanoid pig, seeks comfort from her everyday life in the city.^[3]

Technique

To create the film, directors used pencil and paint on photocopies to achieve a textured look suggestive of a lithograph or a flickering newsreel.^{[4] [5]}

Accolades

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1999, the 9 min. 40 sec. film garnered numerous awards, including the Genie Award for Best Animated Short, the Short Film Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, TIFF – Best Canadian Short, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival – Animated Short, Grand Prix for short film at Animafest Zagreb and the Banff Television Festival, Best Animation Program.^{[6] [7]} It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.^{[8] [9]}

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to another animated short produced in Montreal: Aleksandr Petrov's Old Man and the Sea.^{[10] [11] [12]}

External links

• • • Excerpt on Acme Filmworks

Notes and References

1. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/the-animation-that-changed-me/the-animation-that-changed-me-jeremy-clapin-on-when-the-day-breaks-195762.html The Animation That Changed Me: Jérémy Clapin on ‘When The Day Breaks’|Cartoon Brew
2. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/know-your-indie-filmmaker/indie-filmmaker-amanda-forbis-wendy-tilby-219205.html Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Amanda Forbis And Wendy Tilby|Cartoon Brew
3. https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2016/01/13/when-the-day-breaks/ Short of the Week
4. Web site: International Festival of Audiovisual Programs. 2009-07-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20061130190414/http://www.fipa.tm.fr/en/programmes/2001/ho_01338.htm. 2006-11-30. dead.
5. https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-rotoscoping-goes-very-very-right When Rotoscoping Goes Very, Very Right|Animation Obsessive
6. Web site: When the Day Breaks. 1999. Awards list. National Film Board of Canada. 2009-07-04.
7. Punter. Jennie. Summer 1999. Wendy Tilby's When the Day Breaks wins at Cannes. Take One. Wyndham Wise. Toronto.
8. https://www.animationshowofshows.com/collections/films/products/when-the-day-breaks-by-wendy-tilby Animation Show of Shows
9. https://vimeo.com/83712907 When the Day Breaks, by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis (Preview) on Vimeo
10. News: Animating Oscar. Hays. Matthew. March 23, 2000. Montreal Mirror. 2009-07-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20081202091826/http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2000/032300/reel.html. 2008-12-02. dead.
11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LsGJvg3hfU Animated Short Winner: 2000 Oscars
12. https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000 2000|Oscars.org